Electric railway-motor.



- I No. 672,952.

(In Model.)

WITNESSES F. A. MERHICK.

ELECTRIC RAILWAY MOTOR.

(Application filed Aug. 21, 1900.)

Patented Apr. 30, I90l.

2 Sheets-Sheet l.

INVENTOR mm Qmmm No. 672,952. Patented Apr. 30, l90l.

F. A. MERRICK.

ELECTRIC RAILWAY MOTOR.

(Application filed Aug. 21, 1900.1 (NolodeL) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

WI TNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK A. MERRICK, OF JOIINSTOIVN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE LORAIN STEEL COMPANY, OF PENNSYLVANIA.

ELECTRIC RAILWAY-MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 672,952, dated April 30, 1901.

Application filed August 21, 1900. Serial No. 27,566. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: The lugs I also form seats for bolts K, which Be it known that I, FRANK A. MERRIOK, of also engage lugs K on the lower frame-sec- Johnstown,in the countyof Oambriaand State tion B and are secured by nuts k, which hold of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and the frame-sections A and B together. 55 useful Improvement in Electric Railway-Modesignates the usual gear-casing, secured tors, of which the followingis afull, clear, and to the upper frame-section. O is the usual exactdescription, reference being had to the door in the said section, and O are lubricantaccompanying drawings, which form a part of reservoirs. this specification. When it is desired to drop the lower frame- 60 My invention has relation to electric railsection on the hinges D, the bolts K are reway-motors, and more particularly to the secmoved, which permits said section to swing tional frame construction thereof. down on the hinges away from the armature, One object of my invention is to provide which is retained in the upper section by the simple and efficient means for securing tobolts J. By removing these bolts the arma- 65 gether the different parts of the frame in a ture maybe entirelyremoved from the frame. manner to permit the bottom section to be P designates one of the bearing-sleeves for readily dropped away from the armature the armature-shaft, said sleeve being supwhen desired and also to permit the armature ported on the end portion A of the frame. to be entirely removed from the frame with- This sleeve is formed with a flange p at its 70 out detaching the motor from the car-truck. inner end, which seats against the end of the A further object is to provide simple and inwardly-projecting sleeve-support A. The efficient means for securing in place the arflange 19 holds the sleeve against outward endmatnre-shaft bearings. wise displacement. Said sleeve also has a Iaccomplish these objects by the novel congroove 19, which is engaged by a pin or stud 75 struction and combination of parts hereinaf- 13 which holds the sleeve against any tendter described,and pointed outin the appended ency to rotate. The sleeves must of course claims, reference being had to the accombe seated from the inside of the frame in aspanying drawings. sembling the parts.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view I do not limit myself to the exact construc- 8o of a railway-motor embodying my invention. tion and arrangement herein shown and de- Fig. 2 is a partial end view of the same, and scribed, as slight mechanical changes maybe Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view showing one made without departing from the spirit and of the armature-shaft bearings. Fig. elis an scope of my invention.

end view showing the lower section of the mo- Having thus described my invention, what 85 5 tor-frame partially dropped on its hinges. I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- The letter A designates the upper section out, is of the frame, and B the lower section there- 1. A motor-frameformed in two sections,

of, the line of division of said sections being bearing-supports seated in the ends of said horizontal and in the plane of the axis of the sections, and havinglaterally-extendingarms o armature. These sections are provided with or projections, and bolts seated in the upper the usual sleeving-lugs O and are connected frame-section and engaging the said arms or by suitable hinges D. The sections A and B projections.

are each semicircularly cut away at their end 2. A motor-frame formed in two main secportions to seat circular bearing-supports E, tions, connected by hinges at one edge, bolts 95 in which are seated the bearings F for the arfor holding said sections together, bearing- 7/ mature-shaft G. The bearing-supportsE are supporting members seated in cut-away poreach formed with laterally-extending arms tions of the said sections andhaving lateror lugs H, which extend underneath lugs or ally-extending arms or projections, and bolts projections I on the upper frame-section A seated in the upper frame-section and engag- I00 and to which they are secured by short bolts ing said arms orprojections, with nuts secur- J, whose lower ends are secured by nuts J. ing the lower ends of the said bolts.

sleeves seated in said supports and having flanges at their inner ends which engage the inner ends of the said supports to prevent endwise displacement of said sleeves, toget her with pins or studs engaging grooves in said sleeves to prevent rotary movement thereof.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK A. MERRIOK. \Vitnesses:

B. M. SMITH, H. W. SMITH. 

